PRINTER'S NO. 909
No. 806 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY WHITTLESEY, RYAN, WORRILOW AND ZEARFOSS,
MARCH 18, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LAW AND JUSTICE, MARCH 19, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723, No.230), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the second class
3 and second class A; amending, revising, consolidating and
4 changing the laws relating thereto," providing for a fulltime
5 district attorney in second class A counties, establishing
6 his salary and providing for the appointment of fulltime
7 assistant district attorneys in such counties.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 1401, act of July 28, 1953 (P.L.723,
11 No.230), known as the "Second Class County Code," is amended by
12 adding subsections to read:
13 Section 1401. District Attorney; Qualifications;
14 Eligibility.--* * *
15 (d) The district attorney in second class A counties shall
16 devote all of his time to the performance of his duties as the
17 district attorney and shall not practice before the courts of
18 the Commonwealth in any other capacity.
19 (e) The annual salary of the district attorney in a second
20 class A county shall be forty thousand dollars ($40,000)
1 notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary.
2 Section 2. Section 1420 of the act is amended to read:
3 Section 1420. Assistant District Attorneys; Number;
4 Compensation.--(a) The district attorney may appoint such number
5 of part-time assistants in second class A counties and such
6 number of assistants in second class counties, learned in the
7 law, to assist him in the discharge of his duties, the number
8 and salary of such assistants to be fixed by the salary board.
9 (b) The district attorney in second class A counties may
10 appoint such number of assistants, who shall be learned in the
11 law and who shall devote all of their time to the performance of
12 their duties as assistant district attorneys, to assist him in
13 the discharge of his duties. The number and salary of such
14 fulltime assistants shall be determined by the district attorney
15 subject to approval of the Salary Board and the Board of
16 Commissioners.
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